New Orleans

We spent several days in "The Big Easy". We visited the French Quarter. We walked down a lot of the streets, including Bourbon St, and I enjoyed lunch of a muffuletta and Joe tried boudin. I can not imagine Mardi Gras in these little streets and all the people crowded together. This time of year it was pretty quiet. We also toured the city to see all of the reconstruction/damage done by Katrina. It is hard to imagine all the damage done. We drove down streets and would see one house was repaired and the next was boarded up. It appears that raising houses is really big business. It is hard to imagine all of the water that was in New Orleans from Katrina. South of the French Quarter is the Mississippi River and on the North side of New Orleans is Lake Pontchartrain. Both the river and lake are higher than some parts of New Orleans, and the city is only protected by the levee's.